GeForce RTX 4080 vs GeForce RTX 5090

[ VERDICT ] Winner: GeForce RTX 5090 (96/100)

GeForce RTX 5090 leads overall with a score of 96/100 compared to GeForce RTX 4080 (72/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

GeForce RTX 4080
GeForce

GeForce RTX 4080

72/100
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[ WINNER ]
GeForce RTX 5090
GeForce

GeForce RTX 5090

96/100
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Benchmark Performance Comparison

Normalized Lab Scores
Benchmark measurements and scores across compared devices
Benchmark GeForce RTX 4080 GeForce RTX 5090
Efficiency 43.0 Poor 48.0 Poor WINNER
Gaming 76.0 Good 100.0 Excellent WINNER

Detailed Technical Specifications

3D Mark

3D Mark specifications comparison
Specification GeForce RTX 4080 GeForce RTX 5090
Fire Strike 64637 87569
Night Raid 185072 206648
Port Royal 17984 38202
Solar Bay 136995 236689
Time Spy 28155 46873
Wild Life Extreme 59123 108751

API

API specifications comparison
Specification GeForce RTX 4080 GeForce RTX 5090
CUDA 8.9 12.0
DLSS DLSS 3 DLSS 4
DirectX 12 12.2
DisplayPort 1.4a 2.1b
OpenCL 3.0 3.0
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
Ray Tracing Yes Yes
Vulkan 1.3 1.4

Games

Games specifications comparison
Specification GeForce RTX 4080 GeForce RTX 5090
1080p High 219 299
1080p Ultra 187 254
1440p Ultra 148 207
4K Ultra 86 125
CoD: Modern Warfare III 217213167111 334322260184
Counter-Strike 2 30622016885 36326520299
Cyberpunk 2077 19217711954 26123316077
Far Cry 6 18116314388 237202190121
Forza Horizon 5 229170154120 336247233187
Ghost of Tsushima 14812610969 221185175113
Hogwarts Legacy 16213610959 24919916697
Margin of Error Low Low
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 290265204107 329302238128
The Witcher 3 24521015781 364327237123

GeekBench 6 ML

GeekBench 6 ML specifications comparison
Specification GeForce RTX 4080 GeForce RTX 5090
Backend DirectML DirectML
Depth Estimation (Q) 65667 85572
Face Detection (HP) 70927 114685
Framework ONNX ONNX
Image Classification (SP) 13466 18948
Image Segmentation (HP) 34767 55109
Image Super Resolution (Q) 42687 58478
Machine Translation (HP) 6519 8184
Object Detection (SP) 18153 27802
Pose Estimation (Q) 239350 344729
Style Transfer (SP) 414848 687080
Text Classification (SP) 3606 4464

GeekBench 6 OpenCL

GeekBench 6 OpenCL specifications comparison
Specification GeForce RTX 4080 GeForce RTX 5090
API OpenCL OpenCL
Background Blur 250.4 img/sec 333 img/sec
Edge Detection 12.8 Gpixels/sec 33.7 Gpixels/sec
Face Detection 190 img/sec 298.5 img/sec
Feature Matching 1.97 Gpixels/sec 2.53 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian Blur 15.3 Gpixels/sec 34.5 Gpixels/sec
Horizon Detection 9.56 Gpixels/sec 21.7 Gpixels/sec
Particle Physics 28795.5 FPS 59146.9 FPS
Stereo Matching 1130 Gpixels/sec 2850 Gpixels/sec

General

General specifications comparison
Specification GeForce RTX 4080 GeForce RTX 5090
AMD Equivalent -Radeon RX 7900 XTX —
Architecture Ada Lovelace Blackwell 2.0
Build Discrete Discrete
Case Desktop Desktop
GPU Codename AD103 GB202-300
Launch price (MSRP) $1199 $1999
Purpose Gaming Gaming
Recommended CPU -Intel Core i7 14700Kor above -Intel Core Ultra 9 285Kor above
Released September 20, 2022 January 7, 2025
Segment High-end High-end
Successor -GeForce RTX 5080 —
Vendor Nvidia Nvidia

Graphics Processing Unit

Graphics Processing Unit specifications comparison
Specification GeForce RTX 4080 GeForce RTX 5090
Base Clock 2205 MHz 2017 MHz
Boost Clock 2505 MHz 2407 MHz
Compute Units (Pipelines) 76 170
Instructions Per Cycle 2 IPC 2 IPC
L1 Cache 128KB per cluster 128KB per cluster
L2 Cache 64MB shared 96MB shared
Ray-tracing Cores 76 170
Render Output Units (ROPs) 112 176
Shading Units 9728 21760
Tensor Cores 304 680
Texture Mapping Units (TMUs) 304 680

Memory

Memory specifications comparison
Specification GeForce RTX 4080 GeForce RTX 5090
Bus 256-bit 512-bit
ECC No No
Effective Memory Speed 22400 Mbps 28000 Mbps
Memory Clock 1400 MHz 1750 MHz
Memory Size 16 GB 32 GB
Memory Type GDDR6X GDDR7

Passmark Graphics

Passmark Graphics specifications comparison
Specification GeForce RTX 4080 GeForce RTX 5090
DirectX 11 313 FPS 341 FPS
DirectX 12 133 FPS 179 FPS
G2D Mark 1250 1410
GPU Compute 20319 Ops/s 24360 Ops/s

Physical

Physical specifications comparison
Specification GeForce RTX 4080 GeForce RTX 5090
Die Size 379 mm² 750 mm²
Fabrication Process 5 nm 4 nm
Interface PCIe 4.0 x16 PCIe 5.0 x16
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
TGP 320 W 575 W
Transistor Count 45 billion 92.2 billion
Transistor Density 118.73 MTr/mm² 122.93 MTr/mm²

Raw Performance

Raw Performance specifications comparison
Specification GeForce RTX 4080 GeForce RTX 5090
Pixel Fill Rate 281 GPixel/s 424 GPixel/s
Texture Fill Rate 762 GTexel/s 1637 GTexel/s

Recent User Tests

Recent User Tests specifications comparison
Specification GeForce RTX 4080 GeForce RTX 5090
Date Benchmark —
📘 2025-05-02(Rennsport) GeekBench —

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